World:Cybercrime Treaty Could Be Used to Go After Cyberespionage

WASHINGTON - Governments that engage in large-scale electronic espionage and
companies that develop spying software could theoretically face legal
action for violating the Convention on Cybercrime.

The Convention has been in force since 2004 and is the first
international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime.

The treaty requires member states to criminalise four kinds of conduct:
illegal access, illegal interception, data and system interference, and
misuse of devices for the purpose of committing these offences.
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